Paul Newman News

“Weeds"; a public service ad with a funny-looking mascot named "Safety Sam"; a kids' show in which the clown hosting it reads erotica to his young viewers; and a feel-good "image”

"That movie was SO FUNNY!" How many times have you heard that from a friend? And then, when you see the movie, it's almost always lame. via Anderson Herald-Bulletin

“Here is the church, here is the steeple”

"Cool Hand Luke" is one of those films that whenever I said I hadn't seen it, people reacted in surprise and mock horror. via OnMilwaukee.com

“We mainly provided the space, but a few theater students got to help do the sound, lights and sets”

Despite having a female lead who was fighting a cold throughout the day Thursday, Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" went on without a hitch to a sold-out crowd and a standing ovation that evening. via Commercial Dispatch

In the opening scene of the 1967 movie "Cool Hand Luke," the drunken hero, played by Paul Newman, is having a good old time lopping off the heads of parking meters with a pipe cutter. via The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

“Love and Death'): "I was told, 'You're going to go over to Budapest and work with Woody”

Gould has worked with everybody! What they were like on the job More of Harold Gould's reflections on the stars he's worked with: Paul Newman : "Paul would never play star to us. via Palm Beach Post

The Farmington Players Community Theater presents one of America's best-loved and most controversial plays, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. via Hometown Life

“I just respect his decision. If that's what he wants to do it's his life. That's his choice. I mean... Paul is my friend and whatever he wants to do is good for me. If he wants to retire, that's his business.”

ROBERT REDFORD has laughed off reports his actor pal PAUL NEWMAN's retirement was the result of poor health, insisting his BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID partner is "doing fine". Newman, 82, announced his ... via PR-inside.com

“Woman of the Year". Family husband:Joe Hyams (married in 1964) Education University of Erlangen Erlangen, Germany 1993 - 1994 Was series regular on the Canadian TV show "Destiny Ridge”

An alluring German-born blonde, Elke Sommer was a minister's daughter who studied English while working as an au pair in London. via Hollywood.com

A Mob assassin goes on the run after his young son witnesses him at work. Sam Mendes creates an enjoyable - if somewhat self-conscious - flick from the grim tale of betrayal and vengeance by Max Allan Collins. via The Age

“Are we moving in a direction where the richest areas are able to tax themselves and make improvements?”

VOTERS FACING Proposition 1 can identify with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in a funny, memorable movie scene: Cornered atop a cliff, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid face surrender to a railroad magnate's ... via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull”

This pretty but tough Latina player began performing as a dancer before turning to acting on stage. via Hollywood.com

“Chocolat"? Should you drink vodka martinis with James Bond? Did Paul Newman really eat all those eggs in "Cool Hand Luke"? The best eating and drinking films -- "Big Night”

Plain Dealer Film Critic Here at the Friday Magazine, we're all about going out. via Cleveland.com

What we have here is a failure to communicate. That line, spoken by the late actor Strother Martin in the 1967 Paul Newman classic, "Cool Hand Luke," was in reference to a stubborn inmate who refused to listen ... via Berkshire Eagle

Thousands of performers, comedians and dancers played Buffalo's Palace Theater in its heyday. via Buffalo News

“I'm not able to work at the level I would want to. You start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention. So I think that's pretty much a closed book for me.”

Last night I watched Road to Perdition . Paul Newman was 77 when he did that movie; among his most farsighted, anguished performances. via ATypical Joe

In five decades of filmmaking, director Sidney Lumet has shepherded some of Hollywood's biggest stars to Oscar nominations -- Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men , Al Pacino in Serpico , Faye Dunaway in Network , Paul ... via NPR

QUESTIONS 1. What is the state tree of Missouri? 2. By what name are Drs. Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz and Egon Spengler better known? 3. Paul Newman starred in only one Alfred Hitchcock movie. via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The only thing you can say about the squandered opportunity "O Jerusalem" is: "Oh, brother, how corny!" The low-budget, shabby-looking, horribly acted indie deals with a fascinating moment in modern history - ' ... via Washington Examiner

'Our Town' Debuts Oct. 25 At Dreyfoos Thornton Wilder's heartwarming play Our Town will open Thursday, Oct. via The Town-Crier Newspaper

There's a local legend that Richard Russo wrote "Nobody's Fool," his novel that became a movie starring Paul Newman and initially put the writer on the literary map, at Denny's in Carbondale. via Southern Illinoisan